A material article in an agreement in practice. An engagement or undertaking in writing, to do a certain act; as to try a cause at a certain time. 1 Burrill, Pr. 389.

Lat. A root or stock of descent or title. Taking property by right of repre- sentation is called “succession per stirpes.” in opposition to taking In one’s own right, or as a

discharged. If there is a class of “preferred”‘ stock, the common stock may In this sense be said to be “deferred,” and the term Is sometimes used as equivalent to “common” stock.

A person who owns shares of stock in a corporation or joint- stock company. See Mills v. Stewart, 41 N. Y. 3S0; Boss v. Knapp, etc., Co., 77 111. App. 424; Corwith

A machine consisting of two pieces of timber, arranged to be fastened to- gether, and holding fast the legs of a person placed in it. This was an ancieut method of punishment

The name of an order grantable in English chancery practice, to prevent drawing out a fund in court to the prejudice of an assignee or lienliolder.

In the civil law. Compen- satiou or set-oil.

The act by which the unpaid vendor of goods stops their progress and resumes possession of them, while they are in course of transit from him to the purchaser, and not yet

Storing Is the keeping merchandise for safe custody, to be delivered in tlie same condition as when received, where tbe safe-keeping is the principal object of deposit and not the consumption or

In Scotch law. Formerly this word included every species of theft accompanied with violence to the person. but of late years it has become the rox siqnata for forcible and masterful depredation

violent depredation on tlie highway, or accompanied by house-breaking. Alis. Prin. Scotch Law 227.

In maritime law. The storing, packing, or arranging of the cargo iu a ship, in such a mauner as to protect the goods from friction, bruising, or damage from leakage. Money paid

Iu old English law. A valley. Co. Litt. 40.

In stock-brokers’ parlance the term means the double privilege of a “put” and a “call,” and secures to the holder the right to demand of the seller at a certain price withiu

L. Lat. A man of straw, oue of no substance, put forward as bail or surety.

A shore or bank of the sea or a river. Doane v. Willcutt, 5 Gray (Mass.) 335, 00 Am. Dec. 309; Hell v. Hayes, U0 App. Div. 382. 09 X. Y. Supp.

Iu maritime law. The drifting, driving, or running aground of a ship on a shore or strand. Accidental stranding takes place where the ship is driven on shore by the winds and

Any person not withiu tlie consideration of natural love and affection arising from relationship.

By this term is intended third persons generally. Thus the persons bound by a fiue are parties, privies, and strangers; tlie parties are either the cogni- zors or cognizees; the privies are

A deception either by words or actions, iu times of war, in order to obtain au advantage over an enemy.